Wednesday, August 22, 2012

jello play dough

There's oodles of play dough recipes out there on the web, but we really like this one, so I thought I'd share anyway (adapted from the watermelon play dough recipe over at A Magical Childhood). The texture is just right and it's easy to make.

It even gets the monkey stamp of approval from Ayla who likes to play with it with her feet.

Sylvia decoding the punchlines to bird jokes from a Puzzle Buzz magazine, Camille making another beautiful bracelet on her bead loom (for a birthday present), and Ayla sitting on the table playing with play dough with her feet :)

This is about the closest we ever get to the stereotypical 'homeschooling at the kitchen table'.

Dump all of the ingredients into a medium sized pot and heat over the stove on a medium-low temperature.

Stir while heating. The mixture will begin to thicken and get lumpy.

When it holds all together turn off the heat. Any lumps or tackiness will disappear as it cools and gets played with.

Each batch makes about 3 or 4 of the commercial containers of play dough, and smells lightly fruity but without a very strong scent. It is also completely non-toxic as all of the ingredients are edible.

This lasts a long time if kept in an airtight container in the fridge. We use zip-style freezer bags. It can also be freshened up with a sprinkling of water kneaded in if it gets a little dry.

Sylvia had received a Play Doh Cake Makin' Station for Christmas last year, which she enjoyed, but it didn't hold her attention very long with the little containers of crumbly play doh, but her and Ayla have literally spent hours playing with it with their new dough.

We split each color into two separate batches. One for Sylvia and one for Ayla, because Camille isn't really into squishy dough play, and not everyone likes their colors mixed.

4 comments:

Hi Nicole! This is the same recipe I use for play dough, minus the gelatin (I just stick food coloring in), my girls love it & it keeps really well too!

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I am Nikole, mama to three lovely and lively kiddos. Cam is 14 years old, Sylvi is 11, and Ayla is 8. This blog is generally a chronicle of our country-living, respectful-parenting, joy-seeking, radical-unschooling life. It is a swirl of fun, learning, and creativity, all in a ragamuffin style ;-)